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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tice Davids planned to cross what river in Ripley, according to the author in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”?
(a) The Mississippi River.
(b) The Ohio River.
(c) The Arkansas River.
(d) The Colorado River.

2. The man who was to oversee the plantation after Edward Brodas’s death was a minister where?
(a) Burlington.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Wilmington.
(d) Bucktown.

3. What sentimental item did Harriet take with her when she fled North alone in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”?
(a) Her shoes.
(b) Her quilt.
(c) Her hat.
(d) Her necklace.

4. Who published the first issue of The Liberator?
(a) George Ticknor Curtis.
(b) William Lloyd Garrison.
(c) Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
(d) William Henry Ross.

5. What twelve-year-old boy does the narrator discuss at the end of Chapter 2: “The First Years”?
(a) Henry Clay.
(b) Theodore Parker.
(c) Jacob Jackson.
(d) John Bowley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harriet discovered that Old Rit had originally been willed to a young woman on the condition that she be freed at what age in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”?

2. When did the American Revolutionary War take place?

3. Thomas Jefferson composed the initial draft of what famous document?

4. What was the nearest village to the plantation where Harriet Tubman was born?

5. The narrator says in Chapter 2: “The First Years” that “Like all the other babies in the quarter, Harriet Ross cut her first teeth on” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What important skills did Old Ben teach Harriet in Chapter 8: “Minta Becomes Harriet”?

2. Where was Harriet living in Chapter 6: “The Underground Road”? What was her assigned work duty? How did she feel about it?

3. What is related in the author’s historical note at the end of Chapter 5: “Flight”? Who was James Clay?

4. Why was Harriet sewing a patchwork quilt in Chapter 9: “The Patchwork Quilt”? What year did she begin her quilt?

5. What news influenced Harriet’s second attempt at fleeing in Chapter 10: “A Glory Over Everything”? Where did she go?

6. What does the term “hired out” mean? When and where was Harriet first hired out from the Brodas plantation?

7. What led to Harriet’s first return trip to Maryland in Chapter 11: “Stranger in a Strange Land”?

8. What events does the author describe in the historical notes at the end of Chapter 1: “The Quarter”?

9. How did Harriet become injured in Chapter 7: “Shuck this Corn”? How badly was she injured?

10. Who was Denmark Vesey? What event related to Denmark Vesey occurred when Harriet Tubman was two years old?

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